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đź” Jason Crawford @Foresight [public]
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​What happened to the idea of progress? How do we regain our sense of agency? And how do we move forward, in the 21st century and beyond?
​About this event
​Jason Crawford | Why We Need a New Philosophy of Progress
​The paradox of our age is that we enjoy the highest living standards that have ever existed, thanks to modern technology and industrial civilization—and yet each new technology and industrial advance is met with skepticism, distrust, and fear. In the 1960s, people looked forward to a “Jetsons” future of flying cars, robots, and nuclear power; today they at best hope to stave off disasters such as pandemics and climate change. What happened to the idea of progress? How do we regain our sense of agency? And how do we move forward, in the 21st century and beyond?
​Join for an open discussion with Jason Crawford:
​Jason will share a few introductory thoughts, followed by a brief interview with Allison Duettmann, and audience Q&A
​Then we break for discussion groups according to shared interest areas.
​Feel free to use “What’s stalling progress in this area? What’s accelerating it?” as reflection prompt – or freestyle!
​Come for the idea exchange. Stay for drinks, new friends, and collaborations building beautiful futures.
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​About Jason:
​Jason Crawford is the founder of The Roots of Progress, where he writes and speaks about the history of technology and the philosophy of progress. He is also the creator of Progress Studies for Young Scholars, an online learning program for high schoolers; and a part-time adviser and technical consultant to Our World in Data, an Oxford-based non-profit for research and data on global development.
​Previously, he spent 18 years as a software engineer, engineering manager, and startup founder. From 2013–2018, he was co-founder & CEO of Fieldbook, a hybrid spreadsheet-database. He has also been an engineering manager at Flexport, Amazon, and Groupon, and a co-founder or early employee at other startups. Before that, he was a research engineer at D. E. Shaw Research, working on a new supercomputing architecture for computational biochemistry. He has a B.S. in Computer Science from Carnegie Mellon University.
​About Foresight Institute:
​Founded in 1986, Foresight Institute supports the beneficial development of high-impact technology to make great futures more likely. We focus on science and technology that is too ambitious for legacy institutions to support.
​Learn more about upcoming fellowships, prizes, workshops, and events: https://foresight.org.
​About The Commons:
​The Commons is a community and third space dedicated to open-ended curiosity, co-created play, & collective flourishing in Hayes Valley, San Francisco.
​In America, studies suggest that we’ve lost half of the casual gathering places, or “third spaces”, that existed in the mid century. The Commons hopes to revitalize cities by creating space designed for belonging, serendipity, and intellectual & emotional nourishment.
​Physically, we are a multi-purpose space featuring a study/co-working, philosophy salon, communal living room, cafe, lounges designed for connection, and meditation/yoga studio. Within these spaces we co-host events with our community, exploring our curiosities through discussion, salons, art, spirituality, and technology. Learn more here.
​https://www.thesfcommons.com/
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